#non FFXIV

[ooeygooeyghoul]

Just a gentle reminder that I will block and report any empty accounts that follow me. Please, change your profile pic and put SOMETHING on your blog to avoid being mistaken as a bot. :)

[scrollsfromarebornrealm]

irl interjection...

I hate doing this but I don't have a choice. Last week I went to fix my car. Then as I was leaving the shop, it froze on me, and left me trapped on a very busy street where I live. I called a tow truck company that forced me to pay before they would come and help, and they never showed. I'm in the process of disputing the payment with my bank, but in the meantime...yeah I'm broke and even should I win the dispute, it'll take a while for the money to come in. If anyone can spare anything-- I have a goal of $120, it would be very much appreciated 🥺

kofi: https://ko-fi.com/ht_macintyre

cashapp: $pileobooks

PayPal: womanwithapen

Thank you

[shavri-ffxiv]

One thing I have been thoroughly enjoying on Tumblr thus far is that most posts are *so* celebratory of other people's works. Whether it's a simple reblog / like, or a reblog gushing about someone's OCs. The atmosphere feels positive.

[tiergan-vashir]

American politics is so demoralizing. I have to just hope that people read about Project 2025 and realize how utterly fucked we will be in the long term.

[arty-ffxiv]

about me — people i’d like to know better.

LAST SONG. Online - TWRP Feat. Tom Cardy & Montaigne. I’ve been a fan of TWRP for a number of years now, as well as loving Tom Cardy’s chaotic energy from when I used to watch his Tiktoks (I’ve since deleted the app as it was a huge time-waster for me), so when I heard that they had collabed for a song I knew it’d be a banger. I’ve had it on repeat since it was released.

FAVORITE COLOR. I really love dark greens, burgundy and warm, autumnal yellows. My bestie also gifted me an Oracle deck for my birthday and I adore the similar colours/ wintry forest palette that it has. I think it’s been a big inspiration, even if the cards keep calling me out!

CURRENTLY READING. I’ve been slowly plodding my way through The Way of Kings  by Brandon Sanderson; I’m enjoying it but just have not had the spoons/ attention span to dedicate to reading. I tend to gravitate towards audiobooks nowadays, which I listen to when I’m driving.

The most recent books I’ve finished have been audiobooks during my commutes- I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy, and Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell.

CURRENTLY WATCHING. I’m watching more YouTube at the moment than serialized shows. One of my favourite YouTube channels, Lore Dump, has started a series on the Yakuza games and I’m really enjoying the chaotic energy that Chase brings to the host seat. 

The idea behind the channel is that one of the three hosts does a full plot recap of a game franchise that the other two have not played or aren’t familiar with. They’re long form videos that you can treat like podcasts or put on in the background (I use them for my commute to/ from work), and they’ve covered series like Bioshock, Metal Gear, Red Dead Redemption and Batman. They also did a 12 video series on Kingdom Hearts that is just under 30 hours long, which I highly recommend if you’re into long haul deep dives!

I love it because the hosts clearly love the series they’re talking about dearly, and hearing the others gradually getting swept up in the excitement of the narratives is really entertaining.

SWEET, SAVORY, OR SPICY? I’m a sucker for savoury foods, but I do get the occasional craving for sweet foods. Sadly I can’t tolerate spicy foods like I used to :<

RELATIONSHIP STATUS. Happily married for the past eight (nearly nine) years! My partner and I married young, and it’s hard to believe it’s been so long already. I adore him so much and it’s been a joy to grow alongside him.

LAST THING YOU GOOGLED. “Do they make scuba suits for dogs”.  This was for our modern day TTRPG game, using the ‘Everyday Heroes’ module for D&D 5e. 

The game is set in Australia in the 2070s after a catastrophic rise in sea levels, and because we’re playing in our home state, we’ve been able to use google maps and a lot of real-world resources in the game which has been super fun. We’ve even made an interactive map to keep track of important locations.

In our last session, we found information that points to us needing to go to locations under the new sealine and joked about taking our rangers’ sniffer dog along on the dive.

The answer we got is yes, there absolutely are diving suits for dogs.

CURRENT OBSESSION. I’ve been getting back into playing mobile games in my downtime! A few long-time favourites of mine are below- bear in mind that I’m on Android so these may not be available on iOS if you want to check them out.

The main one I’ve been playing is called Luna Story; it’s the first in a series of 3 apps that are nonogram-based games. Using a grid and a sequence of numbers, you fill in the grid to create pictures. I’ve had Luna Story installed on my phone for years and have been sporadically playing it, but I’ve recently dived into it again and am playing it before bed, on my lunch break and even when I wake up some mornings. The grid sizes range from beginner (5x5) to advanced (20 x 20) and uses super cute pixel art.

The other is called My Oasis, which is an idle clicker game where you progressively grow an island with animals. It’s got lots of positive little messages in it, like the abilities to buff your clicking being called virtues- like ‘compassion’, ‘selflessness’, etc. The animals I’ve chosen for my island are all favourites of the people I love- a fox for my little sister, a red panda for my husband, giraffe for my mum- even a racoon for myself. The animals can speak via bubbles with encouraging messages, and sing to you- you can sing back to them with a little keyboard at the bottom of the screen. Super cute, if a little clunky at times.

Tagged By: Thank you @why-raven for the tag! ♥

Tagging: @zenmai--jikake--no--komoriuta, @gatheredfates, @riftdancing, @ishgard, @this-is-ris, @thefreelanceangel and anyone else who wants to do this! ♥

[humblemooncat]

I promise I didn't forget about my inbox or MSQ shenanigans, I just uh... I may have gotten Planet Crafter the other day and sunk most of my free time into it.

I can't help myself when it comes to survival base building games. Especially if they also sate my curious side in the form of wrecks and caves and such. xD

[blackbirdffxiv]

How dare they put me in the game without asking

[fheythfully]

people I'd like to get to know better

Tagged by @wind-up-nhaama a few weeks ago! Thank you for the tag and excuse me for taking so long.

Last Song: Summer Fling by Nina Nesbitt

Favorite Color: Pink!

Last Movie/TV Show: The new Doctor Who! I watched all three specials (my heart) and the Christmas special. I can't wait for the new season in May.

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: I like them all, but probably spicy, because I am much pickier with things being not too sweet.

Relationship Status: Married to someone I met on FFXIV a decade ago :)

Last Thing You Googled: How to add a profile picture to Microsoft Teams for work because I could not for the life of me figure it out.

Current Obsession: It's a recurring obsession that never goes away, just strikes more strongly at some times over others: Dramione fanfiction.

Tagging: going through my list of the lovely people who sent me some meme asks recently... @astralogian | @allyennah | @viiioca | @spiral-seeker | @abalathia | @ahollowgrave

Apologies if you've already done it!

[wisteriaphyte]

speak with dead

[kyrie-silverwings]

hello Ms. Silverwings :eyes:

I keep forgetting this game has a photo mode. I need to spam more of my cyber banshee!

[ooeygooeyghoul]

Woah, holy shit guys

Thanks for getting me to such a huge milestone, I really appreciate your support!! I'm so glad people enjoy my big lizard and occaisional insane rambling :]

Look forward to even more Shiun shenanigans in the future!!

[scrollsfromarebornrealm]

This has been basically me this past week. Surprise, I got hit by a hurricane.

I'm fine (and have been extremely lucky in terms of power and water) but many in my city are not. I've had my hands full with work stress, and post-storm stress. Everything you're hearing about lack of preparation and Centerpointless is practically fact. It is *bad* down here rn.

[emoshep]

thinking about eddie ._.

not my bunboy. the roadie. that eddie.

eddie.

[tiergan-vashir]

I was able to dodge crypto bullshit with the last tech hype train, but AI is so pervasive and the chance to make lots of money exploiting regular people is so high that its inescapable this time.

I used to think that if I ever got sick of writing code, I could go back to my previous job being a professional artist but... you know.

I guess now I am just doing my best to numb my soul and maybe keep an eye out for a recruiter email that doesn't have something to do with AI in it while waiting for the moment where my incandescent rage breaks past my crippling financial anxiety/generational trauma and I run away into the woods or join a non-profit or progressive political campaign.

[arty-ffxiv]

Hey folks

Just wanted to say a quick thanks to everyone who has tagged me in things or sent in asks.

There's gonna be a bit of a delay with my responses as I've had a bad depression spiral over the weekend- feeling a bit better now but am still quite fatigued/ burnt out emotionally from it.

Love to you all, this blog is going to run on a queue for a little bit until I'm ready to come back ♥

[miqomonkly]

Hey, did you leave Twitter? I haven't seen you around there much anymore.

Ever since I started here on Tumblr, I have for the most part left Twitter behind. It continued to feel like the platform was growing worse and worse, and much of it was impacting the social aspect that I had come to enjoy. This isn't a call to action or anything, but I finally decided enough was enough. If the heads of Twitter were continuing to do things that would ruin my ability to connect and interact with the few friends I was making, then it didn't deserve to have me use it. I would rather swap to an old platform that was still thriving than remain on an "evolving" platform that was slowly killing itself and it's userbase. And honestly, I've never been happier! Tumblr has been wonderful. The people are just as lovely, the content they put out is just as incredible, and I have more room to be as creative as I want to be in my posts! I do miss a great number of my friends from Twitter, but I can't justify going back. It's just too much of a mess.